There is something all of these have in common--Michael Smith-- Fans of Best of the Web Today

Fans of Best of the Web Today--Michael Smith
"Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop is being sued for the third time - but before Jack Phillips was introduced to his own personal version of hell there was Sweet Cakes by Melissa v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, Ingersoll v. Arlene’s Flowers and way back in 2012, there was Willock v. Elane Photography, LLC.
There is something all of these have in common an it isn’t the denial of a service to a same-sex couple.
Digging deeper into one of the first instances of challenges of this particular type, Willock v. Elane Photography, LLC, one finds something that never really came to the attention of the public but was revealed in the final order of the New Mexico Human Rights Commission – and a theme running through each subsequent case.
The fact of the matter is that while the respondent, Elane Photography was clear that they did not prefer to photograph gay weddings, the complainant’s (Vanessa Willock) partner, Misti Collinsworth (aka Misty Pascottini) proceeded to attempt to secure the services of Elane Photography even after it was made clearly known that they were not interested in the business. 
Collinsworth did so under the name of Misty Pascottini without identifying that it would be a same-sex ceremony, apparently with the intent to deceive Elane Photography.
Ms. Willock and Ms. Collinsworth (Pascottini) filed a “public access” discrimination complaint AFTER securing another photographer who successfully photographed the ceremony – and for substantially less than the amount quoted by Elane Photography.
...In all the other cases, there were alternative businesses willing and ready to perform the same services and yet the plaintiffs in each case continued to push the issue rather than select another of perhaps hundreds of choices of equal value.
Elane Photography and its owners, Jonathan and Elaine Huguenin, were targets of two apparently radical lesbians who engaged in activities designed to set up a specific situation.
In each of these cases, the plaintiffs were intent on forcing their views on others, not the other way around..."
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